prefer-event-target

📝 Prefer EventTarget over EventEmitter.

💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ✅ recommended, ☑️ unopinionated.

While EventEmitter is only available in Node.js, EventTarget is also available in Deno and browsers.

This rule reduces the bundle size and makes your code more cross-platform friendly.

See the differences between EventEmitter and EventTarget.

Examples

// ❌
import {EventEmitter} from 'node:event';

class Foo extends EventEmitter {}

// ✅
class Foo extends EventTarget {}

// ❌
import {EventEmitter} from 'node:event';

const emitter = new EventEmitter();

// ✅
const target = new EventTarget();